February 2018 Impact Articles
- Hope Hicks to resign as White House communications director, per report
- Trump slams GOP senator: “You’re afraid of the NRA”
- Meet the young progressive Latina trying to oust one of the most powerful Democrats in the House
- Armed teacher in Georgia arrested after barricading themselves in classroom
- GOP ditches tax reform message for dog-whistle politics in competitive Pennsylvania election
- Transgender woman Phylicia Mitchell fatally shot in Cleveland
- What happened the last time the US banned some semi-automatic guns
- How public opinion is swaying corporations to enact an assault weapons ban before politicians
- Dick’s Sporting Goods to stop selling assault-style rifles: “We believe it’s time to do something”
- Jared Kushner has reportedly lost his top-level security clearance
- Josh Raffel, top Kushner aide, to depart White House
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends Trump’s response to Russian meddling amid NSA criticism
- Trump freaks out over Russia investigation as Hope Hicks testifies on Capitol Hill
- Many fear the Supreme Court will devastate unions, but unions are not as negative
- Parkland, school safety and the devastating effects law enforcement can have on black and brown kids
- White House walks back Trump’s support of raising age to purchase guns after NRA meeting
- GOP candidate running to replace “Handmaid’s Tale” congressman caught sexting a staffer
- As Trump pushes arming teachers at a billion-dollar price tag, West Virginia educators go on strike
- In blow to Trump, court rules LGBT workers are covered under the Civil Rights Act
- Supreme Court declines to hear Trump administration’s appeal on DACA, killing March 5 deadline
- Obamacare premiums could see double-digit increases thanks to Trump’s changes
- Black Lives Matter cofounder launches biggest survey of the black population “after Reconstruction”
- Republicans are beginning to break with the NRA. Is their power on guns slipping?
- After 10 years in Seoul, he moved back to Pyeongchang. Now, he worries about Olympic fallout.
- During South Korea’s #MeToo, 20 people report sexual violence at Olympic resource centers
- Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto again cancels White House visit after testy call with Trump
- North Korea signals willingness to have talks with US as Pyeongchang Games come to an end
- NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch breaks with Trump on raising the age for semiautomatic weapon purchases
- Trump calls Democrat memo “totally fraudulent” in Fox News interview
- This week in Trump-Russia news: Mueller crashes through Gates as pressure mounts on Manafort
- Democrats release rebuttal to Nunes’ memo: “We can now tell you what they left out”
- Trump’s military parade is but the latest in a long tradition of performative American patriotism
- Trump mocks John McCain at CPAC — weeks after promising the ailing senator’s daughter he wouldn’t
- Companies distance themselves from NRA following pressure over Florida school shooting
- These are the potential bipartisan agreements on gun control after the Parkland mass shooting
- Unreliable Sources: A look at the worst media moments this week about the Florida mass shooting
- Manafort accused of paying off former European politicians in another superseding indictment
- While you weren’t looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about arming teachers
- Trump’s CPAC speech was an hourlong rant meant to rile up his ultra-conservative base
- Rick Gates, former Trump campaign deputy, pleads guilty in Mueller probe
- In states, NRA-backed bills falter as gun control proposals flourish after Florida shooting
- #WakandaTheVote registration drives at ‘Black Panther’ showings will continue this weekend
- Indictment alleges Manafort and Gates laundered over $30 million
- “Media love mass shootings”: NRA spokeswoman flips tone hours after CNN town hall
- From “Malcolm X” diss to slavery reenactments, NYC schools keep failing at Black History Month
- CNN denies scripting question for Florida shooting survivor Colton Haab at gun control town hall
- Marco Rubio backs gun reforms at bruising town hall with Parkland shooting survivors
- The 9 proposals that have emerged to prevent shootings — and their chances of passing in Washington
- Trump signs on to gun control measures. But his call to arm teachers could thwart their passage.
- In an epic game, the US women’s ice hockey team beats Canada to win gold during shootout
- Why you’re numb to the horrors in Syria, according to an empathy researcher
- Trump endorses arming teachers after meeting with students and families impacted by gun violence
- How the banning of bump stocks became gridlocked after the Las Vegas mass shooting
- “We will not be silenced”: Parkland students demand action on gun control
- Mueller files fresh charges in case against former Trump aides Manafort and Gates
- Parkland shooting survivor slams right-wing conspiracy theorists attempting to smear him
- Olympian Kikkan Randall, the only mom on Team USA, just took gold in cross-country skiing
- Meet the teens who have kept the debate about gun violence going after the Florida shooting
- Team USA bobsledders Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs win silver at the Winter Olympics
- Progressives in red states are not shying away from the gun debate
- Trump calls for regulation to ban bump stocks, nearly 5 months after Las Vegas shooting
- Students walk out of Florida high school to call for gun control in wake of Parkland shooting
- South Koreans react to their president’s historic invitation to North Korea
- Silver medalist Nick Goepper says talking openly about depression is part of his “healing process”
- Mueller secures guilty plea from Gates associate in Russia probe
- Will the advocacy of teenagers be enough to move Congress on gun laws?
- Trump spends weekend changing his story on Russian meddling, after Mueller indictments
- Teens against gun violence organize protest outside White House
- Why Donald Trump’s new support for background checks may not move Congress
- March for Our Lives: What to know about the nationwide march led by the Parkland survivors
- As the federal government fails to act, here’s what states have done for gun control under Trump
- President Trump has treated us to another Sunday morning tweetstorm. Here’s what it all means.
- John Kasich begs Congress to “wake up” on gun control after Parkland shooting
- This week in Trump-Russia news: Robert Mueller removes all doubt on Russian interference
- Stoneman Douglas student Emma Gonzalez rips Trump’s response to Parkland shooting in powerful speech
- After missed tip on alleged Parkland shooter, FBI again comes under intense scrutiny
- McMaster acknowledges Russian interference in 2016 election — something Trump still doubts
- Jury awards Korryn Gaines’ family $36 million in wrongful death lawsuit over 2016 police shooting
- While you weren’t looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about gun violence
- Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week that weren’t about indicted Russians
- Ahead of midterms, millions of dollars are pouring in toward state legislative races
- 13 Russian nationals, 3 Russian agencies indicted for meddling in the 2016 presidential election
- Trump now trying to gaslight Americans by blaming Democrats for DACA fix fail
- Mitt Romney takes veiled digs at Trump as he officially announces Utah Senate bid
- Republicans say mental health care prevents mass shootings. They’ve tried to gut mental health care.
- Single-issue voters have the power to change elections. Could it happen with gun control?
- Senate fails to pass immigration reform bill, again leaving the fate of DACA recipients unknown
- Kratom is a legal drug used by many to treat opioid addiction at home, and the FDA is not having it
- Official: Alleged Parkland shooter has “no known ties” to Florida white supremacist group
- Trump threatens to veto bipartisan DACA compromise bill
- Will Washington act after the latest mass shooting? Probably not
- Donald Trump doesn’t use the word “gun” in speech after deadly Florida school shooting
- NYPD officer who fatally shot Deborah Danner is found not guilty of all charges
- Why the public may never learn what Robert Mueller discovers
- Trump seemingly blames students at Florida high school for being victims of mass shooting
- Quinn Norton controversy is the latest misstep for the maligned ‘New York Times’ editorial page
- 17 killed, a dozen wounded in Florida high school shooting
- A week into the Rob Porter scandal, Trump comes out against domestic violence
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln students fear alt-right activist on campus is a ticking time bomb
- Amid Rob Porter scandal, House launches investigation into White House security clearances
- Trump lawyer says $130K hush money payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels came from his own pocket
- Democrats pick up state House seat in Florida in another sign of Democratic wave
- How progressives are building an army of trained activists in swing states
- Police recommend corruption charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- A second federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from ending DACA on March 5
- The FBI is poking holes in the White House’s account of information on Rob Porter’s alleged abuse
- American hero Michelle Kwan still gets emotional when she looks at how far figure skating has come
- “Dead on arrival”: DACA deal looking unlikely as McConnell sides with Trump
- Applebee’s fires employees involved in viral racist incident at Missouri restaurant
- How the immigration program Donald Trump wants to end helped diversify America
- Introducing Mic in AMP stories
- Team USA’s Chloe Kim makes history as the youngest female snowboarder to win Olympic gold
- As domestic violence allegations rattle the White House, Congress is moving to help victims
- Trump’s budget breaks a key campaign promise in call to slash Medicare
- Transgender woman Celine Walker fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida
- The Poor People’s Campaign begins anew on the 50th anniversary of Memphis sanitation workers’ strike
- Immigration, infrastructure, budget: What to know for a week of new Trump administration policies
- Mike Pence says US is willing to talk with North Korea, a major shift in tone
- New York Attorney General Schneiderman sues Harvey Weinstein
- NBC is apologizing for Olympics coverage that praised Japan’s occupation of South Korea
- Report: Rep. Devin Nunes is funding his own news website
- Openly gay Olympic athlete Gus Kenworthy: “Eat your heart out, Mike Pence.”
- South Korea’s transit is famous, but foreigners are still getting lost and stranded at the Olympics
- Kellyanne Conway: Trump says John Kelly doing a great job amid Porter scandal
- South Korea’s brand-new Olympic bullet train will make Americans jealous
- This week in Trump-Russia news: Schiff memo blocked in display of “hypocrisy”
- Hope Hicks, the low-profile “Trump Whisperer,” is suddenly in the middle of two major scandals
- Trump appears to suggest accused abuser Rob Porter’s life was ruined by a “mere allegation”
- Another White House staffer has resigned over domestic abuse allegations
- Trump on his decision to block Schiff memo: It was “very political and long”
- Unreliable sources: The worst media moments this week that weren’t an accused Nazi on cable news
- The myth of John Kelly and other “adults in the room” in Trump’s White House is unraveling
- As Winter Games begin, Congress takes aim at US Olympic Committee over Larry Nassar
- Third-ranking Justice official to resign amid Trump attacks on federal law enforcement
- While you weren’t looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that weren’t about domestic abuse
- Report: Kelly offers to resign over handling of Porter abuse scandal
- ‘Newsweek’ executive to return to embattled company after harassment investigation
- Trump casts doubt on domestic abuse allegations against ousted staff secretary Rob Porter
- Opening ceremony report: Kim Jong Un’s sister is in Pyeongchang, but some Koreans remain skeptical
- Trump signs budget deal to reopen government after overnight shutdown
- Democrats treating minorities “as an afterthought” may affect the midterm elections
- Should CNN have put the GOP’s Holocaust-denying candidate on the air?
- White House backpedals on Porter support: “We all could’ve done better”
- Chris Christie: Nunes memo doesn’t clear Trump in Russia investigation
- Trump’s anti-Dodd-Frank regulatory nominees pass panel, head to full Senate
- Biden on Trump: “Who in God’s name would have thought we would be here, with this president?”
- Transgender woman Tonya Harvey fatally shot in Buffalo, New York
- Justin Trudeau defends NAFTA in first stop of US tour
- Mike Pence responds to Olympian who criticized his anti-LGBTQ record
- Democrats split over whether to demand protection for DACA recipients or fund government
- How Mike Pence will maintain pressure on North Korea at the Winter Olympics
- Exodus at ‘Newsweek’ follows Monday’s surprise firings of top editors
- “The president doesn’t acknowledge this threat”: Top Dem gives warning on 2018 election meddling
- ‘Throwback ThursDate’: Dating while bisexual
- White House staff secretary resigns amid abuse allegations from multiple ex-wives
- “BOMBSHELLS!” Trump says new batch of FBI texts are explosive
- Trump is now attacking the stock market for its volatility
- Steve Wynn has stepped down from his hotel company, but the RNC will keep his money for now
- Black Lives Matter activist Muhiyidin Moye dies after New Orleans shooting, family says
- Do we have a deal? Congress nears agreement to avert government shutdown, increase spending
- Trump’s lawyers don’t want him testifying in front of Mueller — and for good reason
- Outside of Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, struggling business owners lose hope for an Olympic payoff
- John Kelly: Over 1 million immigrants “too lazy to get off their asses” and sign up for DACA
- Want to grow the US economy? Cancel student debt, new report shows
- GOP lawmaker wants to impeach the state Supreme Court to keep his state gerrymandered
- As Congress debates punting on DACA, “Dreamers” face greater job, life uncertainty
- How HQ, the trivia app and cultural phenomenon, hacks your brain
- Philadelphia Eagles players are already refusing to visit Donald Trump’s White House
- ‘Newsweek’ journalists who worked on stories about parent company abruptly fired
- A closely watched 2018 House race now features a Nazi candidate
- In blow to GOP, Supreme Court won’t hear Pennsylvania gerrymandering case
- After Super Bowl protests, Black Lives Matter supporters turn their focus to schools
- Larry Nassar’s sentencing hearings showed just how widespread his crimes were
- Donald Trump just attacked a health care system he’s repeatedly praised
- Is the Democratic advantage in the 2018 elections narrower?
- Former CIA director John Brennan blasts Rep. Devin Nunes for abusing his power over memo
- Report: After wave of backlash, Justin Timberlake won’t perform with Prince hologram at Super Bowl
- Users erect monuments to heroes like Colin Kaepernick with Mic’s Black Monuments Project lenses
- In wake of memo, Dems warn of looming constitutional crisis as GOP disagrees on Trump vindication
- This week in Trump-Russia news: Here’s what’s wrong with the overhyped Nunes memo
- Jordan Peterson is the rising self-help guru of young conservatives. Here’s what he’s telling them.
- Nunes didn’t read FISA material he used to attack Russia investigation in controversial memo
- Trump slams Russia probe as “American disgrace,” says Nunes memo “vindicates” him
- Unreliable sources: A look at the worst media moments this week
- Federal court rules in favor of felon voting rights in Florida — but it’s still an issue nationwide
- Medicaid expansion could be the key to red-state Democratic victories in 2018
- While you weren’t looking: 5 stories from the Trump administration that aren’t about that memo
- The Nunes memo leaves out critical information, former federal prosecutor says
- Fox News receives first excerpts of controversial GOP memo, fueling the partisan fire
- Trump’s Cabinet is the most ethically challenged in history — and they don’t care, watchdogs say
- Google’s 3-D installation offers a glimpse at the future of black history artifacts
- Trump’s favorite talking point on black unemployment is dead as it climbs to 7.7%
- Mic Wakeup: Black Monuments Project, history-making Oscars and Trump’s huge State of the Union fib
- Newsweek Media Group chair exits company amid ongoing turmoil
- Black Monuments Project: Here’s how to use Colin Kaepernick, Michelle Obama statues on Snapchat
- Team Trump’s 2016 meeting with the Russians, the Air Force One response and why it all matters
- America is covered in Confederate statues. We can do better — and here’s how.
- As GOP preps release of memo aimed at discrediting Mueller’s probe, a majority want him protected
- Trump’s claim that his State of the Union ratings were highest “in history” debunked — by Fox News
- Voters will consider a record number of ballot initiatives to reform our democracy in 2018 elections
- Mic Wakeup: Fact-checking Trump, going vegan to save the earth and North Korea causes Olympic drama
